Intro to Biological Oceanography-Plankton, Algae, & Plants

A. Click here to see some of the largest creatures and their reliance on some of the smallest creatures on earth and here and here so see why plankton are SO important.

B. Click here to see the Introduction to Biological Oceanography notes.

C. Click here to see the PowerPoint about Plankton and here to see a cute little crab zoea.

D. Thanks to Taylor and Kerrianne for sharing these great plankton videos: click here and here!

E. Thanks to Jake for sharing this footage of a Foram eating...now if we can just get a video of a Radiolarian eating! Hint, hint!

F. Click here to see the Marine Algae PowerPoint.

G. Click here to see the PowerPoint that will help you learn more about marine plants.

H. Click here to watch Pastures of the Sea about the importance of marine plants.

I. Click here to learn more about seagrasses and here for a virtual trip through a salt marsh.

J. Click here and here to learn more about the Ocean Drifters, the plankton.

K. Click here if you want to add "visiting a place with bioluminescent plankton" to your bucket list!

Physical Oceanography - Tides, etc. (see previous post for Circulation Review)

A) Click here for a great review of Tides and here for a video review.

B) Click here and here for videos helping you better understand tides and here to look at the relationship between the moon and tides, including a nice visual of diurnal, semidirunal and mixed tides.

C) Click here for a link to the Forces of Tides Webquest site. Here is the second link, which will help you better understand how we make tidal predictions and analyze real-time water level data from monitoring stations.

D) Click here and here to learn more about that very tidally dependent fish, the Grunion.

E) Click here, and here for videos of the Bay of Fundy, home of the largest tidal range on earth.

F) Click here and here to see Surfing the Bore Tide!

G) Click here to see the article about a new type of El Nino and its impacts on hurricanes.

H) Click here for the first link used in the Marine Careers.